Empathy
Concentration, Secret, Superhuman, Trait
Prerequisite(s) Insight, Wisdom
Activation Free or 1 action (when actively investigating)
Target Any creature or emotion you perceive
Rolls Wisdom (Insight) vs. hidden DR
You can make Wisdom (Insight) instead of Wisdom (Perception) to spot creatures with emotions or objects or ongoing effects with the emotion type. If you investigate a creature with emotions or object or effect with the emotion type, you can discern more information about it if you beat it's Charisma (Deception) or Illusion difficulty rating (whichever is highest).
- Critical Success As a success but you also pinpoint the emotion's exact location and specifics like discerning whether a negative emotion is anger or sadness or whether a positive emotion is directed as a specific person who is present or topic mentioned or general.
Success You detect the presence and direction of the strong emotion and whether it's a negative or positive emotion.
Critical Failure You suffer disadvantage on all further attempts for the remainder of the scene.